"The occurrence of an evil thought is an affliction; not to continue it is the remedy."

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Religion assures us that our afflictions shall have an end; she comforts us, she dries our tears, she promises us another life. On the contrary, in the abominable worship of atheism, human woes are the incense, death is the priest, a coffin the altar, and annihilation the Deity.

— François-René de Chateaubriand